Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC HCI Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server: Managing and Monitoring the Solution Infrastructure Life Cycle Operations Guide
- Introduction
- Day 0 Operations
- Introduction
- Azure onboarding for Azure Stack HCI OS
- Licensing for Azure Stack HCI for Windows Server 2016 and 2019
- Creating virtual disks
- Managing and Monitoring Azure Stack HCI Cluster using Windows Admin Center
- Installing Windows Admin Center
- Adding the HCI cluster connection
- Accessing the HCI cluster
- Viewing server details
- Viewing drive details
- Managing and monitoring volumes
- Enabling data deduplication on Storage Spaces Direct
- Monitoring and managing VMs
- Managing virtual switches
- Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
- Firmware updates using Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center for System Center Virtual Machine Manager
- Firmware and driver updates using the manual method
- Expanding the Azure Stack HCI cluster
- Extending volumes
- Performing AX node recovery
- Operating system recovery
The Firmware Update page is displayed.
3. On the Update tab, select Network Share as the file location.
4. Provide the details of the network share, as shown in the following figure:
Figure 19. Check for updates
5. Click Check for updates.
A list of available updates is displayed, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 20. Select updates
6. Select the updates and click Install Next Reboot to install and reboot the system.
Updating the out-of-box drivers
For certain system components, you might need to update the drivers to the latest Dell supported versions, which are listed in
the Supported Firmware and Software Matrix.
Run the following PowerShell command to retrieve the list of all driver versions that are installed on the local system:
Get-PnpDevice | Select-Object Name, @{l='DriverVersion';e={(Get-PnpDeviceProperty -
InstanceId $_.InstanceId -KeyName 'DEVPKEY_Device_DriverVersion').Data}} -Unique | Where-
Object {($_.Name -like "*HBA*") -or ($_.Name -like "*mellanox*") -or ($_.Name -like
"*Qlogic*") -or ($_.Name -like "*X710*") -or ($_.Name -like "*intel*") -or ($_.Name
-like "*Broadcom*")}
After you identify the required driver version, including for the chipset and the HBA, download the driver installers from https://
www.dell.com/support or by using the Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) as described in Obtaining the firmware catalog for
AX nodes or Ready Nodes using the Dell EMC Repository Manager.
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